相撲人すまいびと

noun

sumo wrestler; rikishi

Archaic term for a sumo wrestler, used historically before the modern 力士 became standard.

• 昔むかしの相撲人すまいびとは、今いまの力りき士しとは呼よび名なが違ちがっていた。

  Sumo wrestlers of old were called by a different name than today's rikishi.